E-Mail: carlhausman@yahoo.com
Summary of Experience
Journalist and
communications educator specializing in media, culture, and society. Author or co–author of nineteen books,
including new investigative work on deception and doubletalk in politics,
advertising, and the media, two books on ethics and press practices, nine media
textbooks, and six mass–market
non-fiction books, including one Book–of–the–Month–Club alternate. Book publishers include Random
House, Harper, Avon,
Doubleday, Routledge,
Wadsworth, and McGraw–Hill. Books have been translated into
Russian, Spanish, and Chinese.
Author of more than five hundred published articles in popular and
scholarly publications, including
national magazines and daily newspapers. Currently edit national web-based
publication on business ethics and
print magazine dealing with ethics in international affairs.
Have also written on
methods of ethics education.
Recently reported on Asian economic crisis during travels to Japan,
China, and Thailand.
Have made recent media
appearances to discuss communication ethics and new book on the ABC Television Network’s World News This Morning, a FoxNews
national political talk show, CBS Radio Network’s Capitol Ideas, Good Day New York, several nationally
syndicated radio talk shows , along with various local television and radio
appearances in New York, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, and Atlanta. Have
testified before Congress on communication and societal issues, and have been
interviewed about media issues by various publications, including the Columbia Journalism Review.
Background includes
professional experience as newspaper and magazine writer, TV news anchor and
reporter, talk show host, magazine
and newspaper writer and editor, TV producer, and voice–over announcer. Have taught college courses in
mass media and culture, ethics, mass communications, history of media, broadcast
news writing, print news writing, feature writing, propaganda, public relations,
television and radio production, media writing, public speaking, and English
composition.
Currently Professor of
Communication and Chair of the Department of Journalism and Creative Writing at
Rowan University, where I have developed the journalism and creative writing
component of a new master’s program, participated in the overall development of
the master’s, created five new courses, and designed a journalism minor. Also served three years on adjunct
faculty of New York University: Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication
(1996), Associate Professor (1995), Assistant Professor (1993-1994). Two years as full-time
visiting faculty at NYU: Instructor (1991-1992) and Post-Doctoral Fellow (1990-1991).
Education and Fellowships
New York University,
Post–Doctoral Fellowship, 1991.
Recipient of Mellon Fellowship in
the Humanities for
research in media ethics and privacy.
Union Graduate School of
the Union Institute, Ph.D., 1990, journalism.
Antioch University,
M.A., mass communications, 1987.
University of the State
of New York, Albany, B.A., political science, 1985.
Employment History
1997-Present
Professor (with tenure)
and Chair (2000), Department of
Journalism and Creative Writing, College of
Communication, Rowan University. Accomplishments
include:
·
Designed new
master’s program in journalistic
and creative writing and contributed to overall design of new M.A. in Writing
program.
·
Developed four new
courses for master’s program.
·
Designed and implemented
new minor in journalism with one other faculty member.
·
Created new
undergraduate courses in television news and international communication.
·
Taught courses in
introductory and advanced newspaper reporting, mass media, feature writing,
issues in journalism, public speaking. Received excellent evaluations,
which are available for inspection.
·
Received “Wall of Fame”
University teaching award in 2000.
·
Wrote and received
$18,000 grant for digital news lab and participated in the lab’s design.
·
Created a faculty
publishing assistance program, weekly program of seminars to help faculty write
and publish popular and scholarly works.
·
Received Rowan
University Excellence in Scholarship Award in 1999 and 1998.
Part-Time: Executive
Editor, Insights on Global Ethics, quarterly magazine
examining issues in international affairs, and Editor, Business Ethics Newsline, weekly web-based publication.
1980-1997, Full-Time
Journalist, Author, and
Producer.
Wrote non–fiction books, including a Book–of–the–Month Club alternate called
"an excellent new book" by The New York
Times. Works have also received favorable reviews in Publishers Weekly and Kirkus Reviews. Edited Insights on Global Ethics, magazine
studying the role of ethics in international affairs. Wrote column on emerging ethical issues;
also wrote regular column for metropolitan daily. Partial list of publications
attached. Developed proposed
television special on ethics (still unsold). Various other radio and video
projects. Also, on–camera talent or
narrator for news and audio–visual
production agencies.
1980-1997, Part-Time and
Visiting Academic Appointments
1993–1997: Adjunct Faculty Appointments, New York University Department of
Journalism and Mass Communication. Professor of Journalism and Mass
communication (1996), Associate Professor (1995), Assistant Professor
(1993-1994). Taught
introductory mass media course,
ethics, politics and media, broadcast newswriting, public opinion, TV reporting,
and newscasting. Received outstanding student evaluations, which are available
for inspection. Redesigned intro
mass media course (175-220 students each term) to introduce additional critical
thinking concepts and greater emphasis on interdisciplinary study of media.
1992–1993: Senior Fellow, Institute for Global
Ethics. Edited publications, wrote articles and
analyses, contributed to institutional research, responded to media inquiries on
ethics–related issues.
1990–1992: Mellon Fellow in the Humanities (1990
academic year) and Visiting Instructor (1991), New York
University. Taught various courses and conducted research into issues
dealing with privacy, the press, and public policy. Directed or served as second reader for
five master's theses.
1989–1990: Various
adjunct teaching assignments, including courses at Clark University,
Emerson College, and Notre Dame College in Manchester, New Hampshire (where I
prepared and filed FM radio station license application and designed a radio and
TV facility).
1977–1980
Broadcast Journalist,
Syracuse University Office of Public Affairs. Designed and implemented program of
media public affairs. Originated,
produced and moderated daily university–oriented talk show broadcast on local
network–affiliate television station (WTVH). Planned, produced and performed on–air
announcing for the Syracuse University Radio News Service, syndicated to 125
radio stations. Produced public
service announcements and television and radio advertising for the university.
Wrote print stories that were carried in major publications and by Associated
Press.
1975–1977
TV–radio anchor,
reporter and editor, WENY Television and Radio, Elmira, New York. Anchored "Eyewitness Morning News," region's top–rated morning news program,
serving four cities and many towns in New York State Southern Tier and
Pennsylvania Northern Tier. Credited by management with substantial increase in
ratings. Also did field reporting, both television and radio. Named first–shift news editor in 1977,
given responsibility for story development for evening and night newscasts.
1975
Staff Announcer and News
Reporter, WKFM–WOSC Radio, Oswego/Fulton, New York. Wrote and
delivered morning news reports on WKFM, (then) ratings–leading FM in Syracuse
market. Produced news and public
affairs programming for WOSC–AM and delivered morning news reports. Also ran various board shifts and
moderated talk shows.
1971–75
Various part–time news
positions, including program host
and assistant producer for "Present Tense," bi–weekly television public affairs
program on WXXI Television, Rochester, New York. Announcer and assistant news director
for WRVO Radio, Oswego, New York, National Public Radio Affiliate.
Articles:
Over 500 published articles have appeared
in various publications.
· Scholarly and professional articles include Carl Hausman, “Your ‘Private’ Information May Be Public Property,” in M. David Ermann, Mary B. Williams, and Michelle S. Shauf, Computers, Ethics, and Society, New York: Oxford University Press, 1997; and Carl Hausman, “The Medium is the Message,” in Christopher Harper, What’s Next in Mass Communication, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1998. Scholarly/academic articles have appeared in Media History Digest and The Journal of Mass
·
Weekly analysis column
appears in Business Ethics Newsline,
a web-based publication. Also edit
and contribute occasional columns and articles to Insights on Global Ethics. Newspaper
credits include several hundred articles and columns, including regular articles
in the Worcester Telegram, a
metropolitan daily serving the second–largest city in New England. Stories included: examination of racial balance and hiring
practices on city police force, the stress and ethical dilemmas encountered in
a neonatal intensive care unit,
first person ride– along articles with various police and fire agencies, wide variety of service
articles. Wrote travel column for
the Telegram from 1984–1986
·
Magazine credits include
regular articles, including ten cover stories, in Worcester Magazine. Stories included: probe of financial
difficulties of local television station, examination of the realities of local
civil defense capabilities, wide variety of service articles including cover
story detailing health plans available in metro area. Other magazine credits include Good Housekeeping, The Chronicle of Higher Education, National Business Employment
Weekly, Saga, Boston Monthly, and a variety of
national health and fitness magazines.
Professional Activities
Panelist and Consultant:
Judge, Deadline Club
Annual Journalism Awards, 1993-present.
Judge, Sid Gross Award
for Investigative Journalism, New York University, 1992-present.
Creative Consultant to
Amvest Productions, production company examining series of social issues, 1996-97.
Panelist for "Media
Ethics and Public Knowledge," Rhode Island Council on the Humanities ethics
research grant.
Adviser to Society of
Professional Journalists student chapter at Rowan University.
Occasional speaker at
various media conferences, usually on new technologies and ethics.
Memberships, Affiliations,
Listings
Authors Guild
Society of Professional
Journalists
Radio–Television News
Directors Association
Listed in Who’s Who
in the East.
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